(United States Third Circuit) - In an action stemming from the death of plaintiff's 15-year aged son from a scarce form of asphyxiation known as "dry drowning" or "secondary drowning" shortly after his participation in a mandatory swimming class run by his physical education teacher,claiming violations of her son's civil rights under 42 U.
S.
C. section 1983, the district court's denial of defendant's motion for summary judgment, and on the basis of qualified immunity,is reversed where defendant's conduct did not violate a clearly established constitutional legal.
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